What is recorded here

Embanked enclosure is a fairy fort or earthen ringfort in Crunaun, County Roscommon, Ireland. It appears only on the 1837 Ordnance Survey map as a circular embanked enclosure near the southeast end of a northwest-southeast ridge. The grass-covered area measures about 34.5 metres northwest-southeast and 29 metres northeast-southwest, bounded by a low scarp that rises to 1.4 metres at the southeast edge. Rath RO014-001 stands roughly 80 metres to the northwest.

Marked as a circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 30m) only on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map (Mayo 74), and situated at the SE end of the crest of a NW-SE ridge. Subcircular grass-covered area (dims 34.5m NW-SE; 29m NE-SW) defined by a scarp (H 0.1-0.2m generally to 0.5m at SW and 1.4m at SE), with bushes on the perimeter ESE-SW. There is no visible fosse or entrance. Rath (RO014-001----) is c. 80m to the NW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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